MORRO BAY ROTARY CLUB MEETING
DEC. 19, 2017
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY MIKE POND filling in for Pete
Invocation was individual silent meditations.
Pledge by Mike Shaffran
Joke by Mike, and we sang a Christmas song
Jan Lewis auctioned off pieces of Eggnog fudge with money going into the stocking we passed around for a “thank you” gift for the servers.
Anyone know which Rotary President said - ”the squirrels must be hungry......all the nuts are here tonight”. Our own Rick Grantham at a Council meeting when he thought the mike was off.
John Weiss got up and spoke for a few minutes about our district and how our clubs are doing many great things. Santa Barbara Club is upbeat although some members have lost their homes in the fire.
Andrea talked about her new Honda Pilot and was fined per cup holder......maximum being $25.00.
Melissa said she just emailed the kids who signed up for RYLA – it’s a great group of kids. .JPG)
Still need bell ringers for Salvation Army on Thursday. Those who have been involved say it is a great experience.
Lorraine will be a grandmother in June. Dan said his wife, Linda, became a grandmother for the first time on Friday.
Gary said his wife stood up in church and announced that they have a room in the back of their home if someone from Santa Barbara needs a place to stay until things get better down south. They had a couple, who went back home yesterday, take them up on this kind offer.
Mike and Jeff gave us a few hints on fire fighting.....
Judy mentioned how much fun the Winterfest 12 Days was; especially the Santa Crawl.
Special Christmas Memories from some of our Members:
Judy: When her kids were middle school age, her dad was housebound and couldn’t tolerate the noise and confusion of having the whole family visit, so, they went to Pizza Hut, and had a lovely time. The server was wonderful so they left him a $20.00 tip, making his Christmas Very Merry.
Dan: When he lived in Truckee he put up 62,000 Christmas lights; in Morro Bay he has downsized to 16,000 lights. He talked about ministering to the homeless when he was with the Sheriff’s Dept. in Truckee where there were 33 homeless people living outside in the cold, cold weather.
Andrea: When she was very young, she was allowed to sit on her dads lap and drive their Camaro down Candy Cane Lane at Christmas Time. Her grandmother would make fudge and almond rocha which Andrea has since tried to make, but now will just go to Jan’s Sweet Offerings.
Jude: In the late 70s she went to Illinois on Christmas Eve where they went out for dinner in the Amish Community. They ate dinner with an Amish family who had no electricity, so they enjoyed their meal by the light from oil lamps. Everything was cooked in cast iron on wood stoves. The chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, rolls etc. were all made in their own home, and she believes is the best she has ever tasted.
Jude shared with us a photo of her and her siblings taken in the 50’s. They were all crying - very funny, Jude. She brought her own original felt stocking, and felt tree skirt. Christmas Eve they would hear sleigh bells, which are still used by her cat to let the family know she wants out. She got a doll named Sally which was a very special doll.
Chuck: His family still loves to go to their cabin “Oak Hollow” in Cayucos for Christmas. Every year they have a theme; one year it was “the species cat”. One year, their youngest grandchild cried and said she never wanted to leave; she still feels that way. Chuck and Liz have a big family and as many of them as can, still love to gather for Christmas at ”Oak Hollow”.
Ken Stilts: One Christmas Eve at 10:30 Ken had an emergency phone call. It was someone needing a crown to be cemented back on. He went to his office, cleaned out the tooth and cemented the crown back on. The patient was so thankful and wanted to pay him, but Ken said he needed to go to the office anyway because he was hiding two surf boards there and needed to get them home before Christmas morning.
Gary: When he and Marlene were first married, they were stationed in Maine, where it was 40 below zero, but at Christmas time they would still cut their own tree. Marlene decorated it with blue lights, blue bulbs and angel hair; it was beautiful. On Christmas they left for a couple of days and when they got home the tree was a skeleton with lights and angel hair, it had dried out so much. When he went to school in Montana, they did the same thing, going through deep snow to get a tree. One time the neighbor boy got stuck in a snow bank, and Gary plucked him out.
Crab feed meeting at 11:00 on January 9th. April 7th is the tentative date for the Crab Feed.
The City wants to move our Santa House sometime after the 1st of the year, so we will get over there and get everything tied down.
50/50 won by Ken Stilts....$12.00...Merry Christmas, Ken!!
The stocking of tips for the staff at the View added up to $230.00. Thanks to the staff for their service over the last year.
Board meeting tomorrow here at the View at 7:30am.
Today’s meeting was very interesting and fun getting to know some of our members a little better. If you missed it, you missed a good thing!!!
We will be dark on Dec. 26 and Jan 2. MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all....See you next year
ECasida